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DDW: Lasting Weight Loss Seen With Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
Patients were predicted to achieve their minimum weight at 24 months after ESG
Doctors Aware of Patient Difficulties Affording Medical Care
Three-quarters of doctors surveyed say they consider out-of-pocket costs when making clinical decisions
Suicide Attempts by Self-Poisoning Have Increased in Teens
Increase from 2011 to 2018 among children aged 10 to 18 years mainly driven by girls
Generic Version of Truvada Available in U.S. by Sept. 2020
Activists have been urging Gilead to make the generic drug more widely available
CDC: HIV Racial Disparity Measure Decreased From 2010 to 2016
Most incident HIV infections among black women would not have occurred if rates were same as for whites
2018 Saw More Employed Physicians Than Self-Employed
Proportion of physicians working in practices wholly owned by physicians dropped to 54 percent in 2018
Nut Intake in First Trimester May Benefit Child Neurodevelopment
Children of mothers with the highest level of nut intake have better scores on cognitive tests
ACS Sets Goal to Cut Cancer Mortality 40 Percent by 2035
Goal based on decrease in overall cancer death rates at pace seen among college graduates
Risk for Cancer Increased in Men, Women With T2DM
Standardized incidence ratio highest for prostate cancer for men, nasopharynx cancer for women
Lupus Affects Emotional, Mental Well-Being of Patients
Most patients report not having participated in a lupus clinical trial, despite interest
